PRINTER'S NO. 4055
No. 2968 Session of 1992
INTRODUCED BY PESCI, SEPTEMBER 30, 1992
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, SEPTEMBER 30, 1992
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 30, 1992 (P.L. , No.8A), entitled,
2 "An act to provide from the General Fund for the expenses of
3 the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Departments of the
4 Commonwealth, the public debt and for the public schools for
5 the fiscal year July 1, 1992, to June 30, 1993, for certain
6 institutions and organizations, and for the payment of bills
7 incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year
8 ending June 30, 1992; to provide appropriations from the
9 State Lottery Fund, the Pennsylvania Economic Revitalization
10 Fund, the Energy Conservation and Assistance Fund, the
11 Hazardous Material Response Fund, The State Stores Fund, the
12 Milk Marketing Fund and the Emergency Medical Services
13 Operating Fund to the Executive Department; to provide
14 appropriations from the Judicial Computer System Augmentation
15 Account to the Judicial Department; to provide appropriations
16 from the Motor License Fund for the fiscal year July 1, 1992,
17 to June 30, 1993, for the proper operation of the several
18 departments of the Commonwealth and the Pennsylvania State
19 Police authorized to spend Motor License Fund moneys; to
20 provide for the appropriation of Federal funds to the
21 Executive and Judicial Departments of the Commonwealth and
22 for the establishment of restricted receipt accounts for the
23 fiscal year July 1, 1992, to June 30, 1993, and for the
24 payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid at the close
25 of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1992; to provide for the
26 additional appropriation of Federal funds to the Executive
27 Department of the Commonwealth for the fiscal year July 1,
28 1991, to June 30, 1992, and for the payment of bills incurred
29 and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year ending
30 June 30, 1992," increasing the appropriation for certain drug
31 and alcohol abuse programs; and providing appropriations for
32 retired district justices' health benefits and for community
33 courts.
1 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
2 hereby enacts as follows:
3 Section 1. As much of the State appropriation for grants to
4 counties and private facilities for abuse treatment and
5 prevention programs in section 215 of the act of June 30, 1992
6 (P.L. , No.8A), known as the General Appropriation Act of
7 1992, is amended to read:
8 Section 215. Department of
9 Health.--The following amounts are
10 appropriated to the Department of
11 Health: Federal State
12 * * *
13 For grants to counties and private
14 facilities to finance drug and alcohol
15 abuse treatment and prevention
16 programs.
17 [State appropriation....... 31,845,000]
18 State appropriation........ 33,000,000
19 * * *
20 Section 2. As much of the State appropriation for retired
21 district justices in section 285 of the act, amount vetoed, is
22 amended to read:
23 Section 285. Community courts -
24 district justices.--The following
25 amounts are appropriated to the
26 community courts and district
27 justices: Federal State
28 * * *
29 For retired district justices'
30 enhanced health benefits.
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1 [State appropriation....... 0]
2 State appropriation........ 401,000
3 Section 3. Section 289 of the act, amount vetoed, is amended
4 to read:
5 Section 289. County court
6 reimbursement.--The following amounts
7 are appropriated for court costs: Federal State
8 For payment to counties as
9 reimbursement for costs incurred by
10 counties in the administration and
11 operation of courts of common pleas.
12 Reimbursement shall be provided on the
13 following basis: for each common pleas
14 court judge authorized position,
15 whether filled or vacant within a
16 judicial district, $67,500 per
17 authorized position shall be provided.
18 Judicial districts comprising more
19 than one county shall be entitled to
20 receive $67,500 per authorized common
21 pleas court judge position; the amount
22 payable to each county shall be
23 determined by the proportion of the
24 individual county's population in
25 relation to the population of the
26 entire judicial district. No county
27 shall be reimbursed for costs above
28 the actual direct costs, excluding
29 capital outlays, incurred by them for
30 the operation of the courts of common
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1 pleas. For the purposes of
2 reimbursement for common pleas court
3 judge authorized positions, no county
4 shall receive less than 67.5% of the
5 actual reimbursement for court costs
6 provided to them from funds
7 appropriated for the fiscal year July
8 1, 1980, to June 30, 1981.
9 For the purpose of determining the
10 actual direct costs incurred by the
11 counties in the administration and
12 operation of the courts of common
13 pleas, the costs as reported to the
14 Department of Community Affairs in the
15 county's annual audit and financial
16 report forms under the heading "(a)
17 Judicial," but confined to the
18 subheading "(4184) courts, excluding
19 capital outlay," shall be used. If a
20 city coterminous with a county does
21 not report on the Department of
22 Community Affairs' form, its figures
23 from the same subheading, set forth in
24 the department forms, shall be used.
25 All payments for reimbursement
26 shall be made to the county treasurer
27 and, in cities of the first class
28 coterminous with counties of the first
29 class, to the city treasurer.
30 In making allocations and payments
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1 hereunder, the Court Administrator of
2 Pennsylvania shall exclude all costs
3 which are not properly reportable
4 under the heading herein above
5 specified. Any moneys payable to
6 counties under this section shall be
7 subject to a first claim by any county
8 which has not been heretofore properly
9 reimbursed within six months after
10 billing for court costs incurred in
11 relation to the disturbances at the
12 correctional facility at Camp Hill in
13 1989. The Court Administrator shall
14 make such payment at the request of
15 any such county prior to the payment
16 of unpaid court cost amounts to a
17 county.
18 [State appropriation....... 0]
19 State appropriation........ 26,838,000
20 For grants to counties for costs
21 incurred by counties in the
22 administration and operation of the
23 offices of district justice, judge of
24 traffic court or judge of municipal
25 court. Grants shall be provided on the
26 following basis: for each district
27 justice, traffic court judge or
28 municipal court judge authorized
29 position, whether filled or vacant,
30 $14,500 per authorized position.
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1 All grants shall be made to the
2 county treasurer and, in cities of the
3 first class coterminous with counties
4 of the first class, to the city
5 treasurer.
6 [State appropriation....... 0]
7 State appropriation........ 8,328,000
8 Section 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
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